About the Data
This analysis is based on data received from FOIA requests (attribution for requesting?) over multiple time periods:
- Period 1: July 2012-June 2014, with data for only part of the first and last month
- Period 2: January 2016-October 2016 and January 2017-December 2017
Considerably more of the detentions involved a stop and frisk search in the second period. The disproportionate interaction of Black residents remains consistently high in both periods.
The following pages provide additional analysis,
- Composition compares the percent of Black and White detentions to the overall population in the city.
- Geography visualizes where Black and White citizens are detained by the police.
- Offenses shows the nature of the offense reported as the reason for the detention across Black and White residents.